Internally funded
Sandra Bivegete
Project: Using modelling to inform prevention and treatment response for hepatitis B
Supervisors: Professor Peter Vickerman, Dr Aaron G. Lim and Dr Anna McNaughton
Funding source: NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Behavioural Science and Evaluation at University of Bristol
Start date: 01/10/2020
Email address: sandra.bivegete@bristol.ac.uk
Glenda Bonde
Project: Leaving no-one behind: An exploration of the drivers of HIV inequalities in Black women of African heritage in the UK
Supervisors: Professor Jeremy Horwood, Dr Fiona Fox and Dr Michelle Farr
Funding source: NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Behavioural Science and Evaluation
Start date: 01/10/2021
Email address: glenda.bonde@bristol.ac.uk
Eleanor Burch
Project: Vaccination strategies for controlling COVID-19
Supervisors: Dr Hannah Christensen and Dr Ellen Brooks-Pollock
Funding source: NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Behavioural Science and Evaluation at University of Bristol
Start date: 01/11/2021
Email address: eleanor.burch@bristol.ac.uk
Marta Checchi
Project: Epidemiological evaluation of selective HPV vaccination in gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (MSM) in England
Supervisors: Professor Matthew Hickman, Dr Clare French and Dr Kate Soldan
Funding source: NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Behavioural Science and Evaluation at University of Bristol and UK Health Security Agency
Start date: 01/10/2017
Email address: marta.checchi@bristol.ac.uk
Conor Egan
Project: Modelling HCV infection and treatment impact through serological surveillance data
Supervisors: Dr Daniela De Angelis and Dr Ross Harris
Funding source: NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Behavioural Science at University of Bristol and Evaluation and UK Health Security Agency
Start date: 01/10/2021
Email address: conor.egan@mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk
Lydia Holt
Project: Novel methods of developing health behaviour change interventions
Supervisors: Dr Sarah Denford, Professor Lucy Yardley and Professor Richard Amlôt
Funding source: NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Behavioural Science and Evaluation at University of Bristol
Start date: 01/12/2022
Email address: lydia.holt@bristol.ac.uk
Yasin Okkaoglu
Project: Estimating the accuracy of a diagnostic test without a gold standard
Supervisors: Dr Hayley Jones, Professor Nicky Welton and Professor Isabel Oliver
Funding source: NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Behavioural Science and Evaluation at University of Bristol and Turkish Ministry of National Education
Start date: 01/10/2021
Email address: yasin.okkaoglu@bristol.ac.uk
Externally funded
Vicki Schoemig
Opportunities and barriers to HIV testing in women in sexual health services in England.
Supervisors: Professor Jeremy Horwood, Dr China Harrison, Dr Veronique Martin, Dr Tamara Djuretic
Funding source: UKHSA
Start date: 13/01/2025
Email address: hd25398@bristol.ac.uk
Temilola Adeniyi
Increasing STI Testing Uptake Among African and Caribbean Communities in the UK:
Intervention Development Using the ACE Framework
Supervisors: Professor Jeremy Horwood, Dr Christie Cabral, Dr Sarah Denford, Dr Veronique Martin
Funding source: NIHR Doctoral Fellowship
Start date: 07/10/2024
Email address: temilola.adeniyi@bristol.ac.uk
Dr Emma C. Anderson
Project: MAternal Vaccination In the NHS: The MAVIS Study
Supervisors: Dr Christie Cabral, Professor Adam Finn, Professor Pete Blair and Dr Jenny Ingram
Funding source: NIHR-funded doctoral research fellowship
Start date: 01/01/2021
Email address: emma.anderson@bristol.ac.uk
Lara Gordon
Project: Modelling syndemics: hepatitis C virus (HCV) and drug related mortality among people who inject drugs
Supervisors: Dr Hannah Fraser, Professor Matthew Hickman, Professor Peter Vickerman, Professor Jane White, Professor Sharon Hutchinson and Dr Jack Stone
Funding source: GW4 BioMed MRC Doctoral Training Partnership
Start date: 01/10/2020
Email address: lara.gordon.2019@bristol.ac.uk
Rachel Kwiatkowska
Project: Assessing the role of care homes as community reservoirs, and potential sentinel sites for the enhanced surveillance of infectious disease
Supervisors: Professor Matthew Hickman, Professor Leon Danon, Dr Derren Ready and Dr Andrew Singer
Funding source: Wellcome GW4 CAT
Start date: 07/09/2020
Email address: rachel.kwiatkowska@bristol.ac.uk
Completed
Kushala Abeysekera
Project: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in young adults: exploring burden and risk factors for early development
Supervisors: Professor Matthew Hickman, Dr Jon Heron, Dr Fiona Gordon, Dr James Orr
Funding source: University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust; David Telling Charitable Trust
Start date: 14/01/2019
Email address: k.abeysekera@bristol.ac.uk